Nicholas Johnson

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Nicholas Johnson
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission
In office July 1, 1966 – December 5, 1973
President	Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon
Personal details
Born	(1934-09-23) September 23, 1934 (age 89) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Lawyer

Nicholas Johnson (born September 23, 1934) is an American academic and lawyer. He wrote How to Talk Back to Your Television Set and was a Federal Communications Commission commissioner from 1966 to 1973. He is retired from teaching at the University of Iowa College of Law,^[1] with an emphasis on communications and Internet law, and since 2006 has posted over 1000 blog essays.